Google Glass Returns (Sort Of), Tesla + SpaceX Updates, and a $475M Seed Round
This Week in AI Newsletter: 12/10/2025
Thirteen years after the debut of Google Glass, Google has unveiled Project Aura, its next-generation smart eyewear. Described by the company as ‘wired XR glasses,’ the device features a substantial frame and includes a tethered battery pack that doubles as a trackpad. More here.
Figma added AI image-editing tools that let you select and remove or isolate objects, then adjust details like lighting, color, and focus without leaving the app. The design tool also introduced an image expansion feature and a unified editing toolbar to make resizing and reformatting designs quicker. More here.
Elon Musk:
SpaceX reportedly will raise $30–40B at a ~$1.5T valuation ahead of a possible 2026 IPO, with Musk projecting Starlink revenue of ~$22–24B in 2026 (up from ~$8B in 2024). The rocket company would use IPO proceeds to pursue space-based AI data centers to tackle Earth’s power constraints while funding Starship/Mars ambitions. This would be the largest IPO in history, surpassing Saudi Aramco’s $29B record. More here.
Elon Musk claims Tesla’s “FSD Unsupervised” is essentially solved and says robotaxis could launch in Austin in about three weeks without safety monitors. Musk also teased a new FSD model in 1–2 months and a much larger, reasoning/RL-heavy model targeted for early 2026. This may require Tesla to build its own chip fab to scale AI compute. More here.
Google launched a cheaper AI Plus subscription in India to compete with low-cost plans like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Go. New users can get it for ₹199/month ($2.21) for six months, then it renews at ₹399/month ($4.41), with higher Gemini usage limits and perks like video generation, deeper NotebookLM research access, and 200GB of storage. More here.
Adobe is integrating Photoshop, Express, and Acrobat directly into ChatGPT, letting users edit photos, create designs, and modify PDFs from within the chatbot. The move puts Adobe in front of ChatGPT’s 800+ million users as it races competitors like Canva and Figma and tries to turn its growing AI tools into meaningful revenue. More here.
Unconventional AI raised a $475M seed round at a $4.5B valuation to build a new energy-efficient computer purpose-built for running AI. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed, with participation from Lux Capital and DCVC.
OpenAI has hired Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its new chief revenue officer, where she will lead enterprise revenue strategy and customer success as the company scales its business offerings. Dresser joins from Salesforce, Slack’s parent company, after more than 14 years helping expand Slack’s product offerings, including the rollout of several AI features. More here.
Design Corner:
This week I wanted to highlight Victoria_Framer on X. Once a week she posts four cool websites, this week she chose: